NEW MEXICO _ The 31-year-old Arlington, Texas, man arrested in New Mexico after allegedly kidnapping his ex-girlfriend in Las Vegas had reportedly been planning the abduction for more than a year, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
The affidavit stated that the woman told police that Jack Morgan and Samuel Brown, 19, of Phenix City, Ala., had stalked her before abducting her early on Jan. 30.
Morgan allegedly told the woman the he was taking her to a cave to "brainwash her to be his wife," the affidavit said.
A witness who called 911 told police she saw a man take the woman from her apartment wearing only her undergarments, the Las Vegas Sun reported.
The woman's father told officials that his daughter and Morgan had dated in college and their relationship had been violent, according to the affidavit.
New Mexico State Police stopped Morgan's van about 11 p.m. on Jan. 30 near Espanola and found the woman bound by padlocked chains and in handcuffs, police said in the arrest warrant. One of the officers in the affidavit described her as "hysterical" when they found her.
She told police Morgan had wrapped a full roll of duct tape around her neck and across her face and hair, the affidavit said. Brown, who the woman identified as Sophie in her police testimony, took the duct tape off during the drive to New Mexico.
The woman told police that she got back in touch with Morgan a week before the kidnapping when he reached out to her and they met for coffee, according to the arrest warrant.
She also told police that Brown told her they had created false social media accounts to stalk her and had allegedly been planning the kidnapping for more than a year, the affidavit said.
Morgan and Brown were booked into the Santa Fe County Jail on a $100,000 bond. They both face kidnapping, false imprisonment and conspiracy charges, records show.
